Next time, Save the paint

As my wife and I walked North on Route 1 in College Park, this evening, I was the first to notice that the town of CP had painted white stripes alongside the cross walks. I said something like, its about time. My wife said, does it really matter? Are the stripes going to matter when someone mows us down?

After we finished our low Cal ice cream, I suggested we try out the newly painted crosswalk. Bravely I stepped off the curb onto the crosswalk with the white stripes on either side. Then we waited and waited for a car to make the decision to stop. Not one car stopped. In fact I got the feeling the cars were speeding up as they approached us.
We finally crossed when all the cars had passed us without even slowing down. Actually, I'm wrong. Three cars did slow down to make illegal U turns.

With my luck,the one time I do not use the white striped crosswalk,I will get a ticket for jay walking.
You could have saved your money College Park! Other than my wife, myself and a dozen or so other people, no one stops for persons in crosswalks anymore.
How quickly we forget how to drive!

Ten Days is Not enough

No doubt you have heard or read recently of the two baseball players who tested positive for steroids or was it stupidity? They claim it was an accident! How can it be an accident? Were they asleep when the swallowed the pills?
And they want to be role models for our kids. I think there is something wrong.
So I have a solution.
Being suspended for ten days is not enough. The punishment is like a slap on hand for stealing cookies from the cookie jar.
I purpose that if the players are tested positive for steroids or any other drug which might influence their performance, they are fined one third (1/3) of their total salary.
Do you think they would get the message?
And if the player does need steroids for a real medical problem, then have three doctors sign off on the prescription. And have one of the doctors actually give the medicine each and every time to the player.

Then the players could not say it was an accident.
But knowing them, they would have yet another excuse.
How about socking the coach with a similar fine?

Don't Eat So Much

The other day on my way to work, I stopped by my 7-11. Like most mornings, this store was packed with customers. As I fixed my hot cocoa and coffee jet fuel, I chatted with an 7-11 employee making sure the coffee pots were full. I commented that she looked like she had lost weight. She looked at me and said, "No, I just have a different haircut."
Again, I commented about her weight and asked what she had done?

"I eat less," she replied.

Eating less! My goodness, what a novel idea! Just don't eat so much! So simple.
But as my lovely wife pointed out, eating less is not so simple. Most people don't have the motivation to lose weight. Your loved ones can tell you that you look too big and you can say you are just very healthy. Your doctor can tell you, that you will be dead in a year unless you lose weight, and you might just listen.

Or you can do something about the weight, now!
Do something before you drop dead.
Don't wake up dead one morning and tell yourself I should have lost weight. I think it will be too late by then.

You can eat less. One less piece of bread, or helping of cream covered something. Less going in means less being put on.
And if you are not doing some kind of exercise, do it like your life depended on it.
Exercise is not getting up from the couch during a commercial break to get a beer or bag of potato chips. Exercise is taking a brisk walk around the block for starters.
If you live in New York City, those blocks are darn long!
Do check with your doctor before you do anything.

If you think you don't have the motivation to exercise, then hire a trainer. The money you spend on the trainer could be the best money you have ever spent on anyone.

If you don't want to hire a trainer, then send me a couple of dollars each week and I'll nag you into losing weight via email. As long as you send money I will remind you that you are not losing or exercising enough. You can do it. I know it's in you. I know there are pounds to be lost. You will feel better and look better. And there are nice side effects about losing weight and exercising. My asthma is a lot better, my heart is healthier and I sleep better now.

Now, put that fork down and push away from the table!